Horse-collar



(No Model.)

P. DEGNAN &v M. MEYER.

HORSE COLLAR. No. 426,366.

Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK D EGNAN AND MICHAEL MEYER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,366, dated April 22, 1890. Application filed January 29, 1890 Serial No. 338,510. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PATRICK DEGNAN and MICHAEL MEYER, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improved Horse-Collar, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of an improvement upon a horse-collar invented and patented by us under Letters Patent No. 308,881, dated December 9, 1884, wherein we have made the under or throat portion of the collar to consist of a tubular leather throat, in which is inserted a solid cylindrical-shaped piece of rubber as a stuffin g or filling.

Our present invention relates to an improvement upon the same; and it consists in the insertion of a solid rubber cylinder as a stuffing or filling between the rim-roll and body of the collar and round the entire inside or crease part, so as to give elasticity to the collar and render the same in all its parts yielding and self-adapting to the movements of the animal; also, to furnish a proper and efficient heme-bed and means by which the same is kept open, and, further, by the elasticity of the said rubber filling obviate the breaking of the collar. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accom panying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front view of our improved horse-collar with one half of the rimroll broken away to better show the rubber cylinder inserted within the crease of same. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the collar with portion of the rim-roll broken away to likewise better show the rubber cylinder inserted within the crease of same. Fig. 3 is a front view of a piece of the rubber cylinder, showing the manner of securing same by double-seam stitching to the edges of the leather forming the side pads of the shoulder or neck cushions. Fig. 4 is a sectional view to more clearly show the manner of passing the thread through the leather and round the rubber cylinder. Fig. 5 is a crosssection taken on line 4; 4, showing the ri1n=rol1 as united to the body of the collar and manner of fastening by double-seam thread. stitching.

Similar letters refer to sim ilar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the rim-rollof our horse-oollar, and B the body side pads or shouldercushions. These are both made in manner usual and provided with housing, collar'strap, and buckle at the upper bow. Between the rim-roll A of the collar and the body B, and within the crease p'art forming the hame-bed, we introduce a solid rubber cylinder or filling 0, the ends of which terminate in the upper bow of the collar, (see Figs. 1, 2, and 5,) said rubber cylinder 0 being laid against the leather edges b h of the side pads or shoulder-cushions forming the body B, and so as to follow the inner contour of the bodypad B of the collar, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, Where said rubber cylinder O is shown in one half sectional part, and in the other by dotted lines. This solid rubber cylinder-filling 0 we secure to said leather edges 19 I) (see Figs. 3 and 4) by passing a continuous stout thread through both sides of the leather forming the side pads or shouldercushions of the body B; also, so as to encircle the said rubber cylinder, and thereby forming a double seam, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. This solid rubber cylinder 0 as placed and secured within the crease gives elasticity or flexibility, and always tends to return the collar to its normal shape, and further, also, by its location within the said crease of the collar furnishes a proper and efficient hamebed.

The rim-roll A of the collar is united to the body B by having the leather edges a a of the ri1n-roll (see Fig. 5) brought forward within and beyond the crease or ha1ne-bed as formed by the rubber cylinder 0, so as to allow a line of stitching on both sides of the rubber and round the entire rim of the crease, thus forming a ClOLlblGSGttlll halnehold and effectually uniting the rim-roll of the collar to the body. Finally, both the rimroll, side pads, or shoulder cushions are stuffed in manner ordinary.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a horse-collar, the combination of the 1 specification in the presence of two subscribsolid rubber cylinder 0, united to the leather ing witnesses. edges 1) b of the side pads of the body B by double seam, with the rim-r011 A, united to 5 the crease or hame-bed of the body B by double seam,a11 connected to operate substan- Witnesses: tially as and for the purposes set forth. JOHN S. BURTON,

In testimony whereof we have signed this SAMUEL D. RosER.

PATRICK DEGNAN. MICHAEL MEYER. 

